Door and shutter fastener



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Sept'. 23 1924.

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INVENTOR Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES :JOHN GALL, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR .AND SI-IUT'IER. FASTENEBJ.

Application filed. June 12, 1922. Serial No. 567,689.

To all fro/720m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN GALLI, al citizen of the United States, residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door and Shutter Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention 4is to provide a device including a spring held engagingV element for use in retaining a door in open position and for use under slightly different conditions for retaining a window shutter.

A further pbject is to provide a device of this type whifehshall include a housing, a spring held member mounted therein, in a particular manner hereinafter specified, a device to be secured to a stationary element for engaging the spring held member, and means for moving said member to release position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements described and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be made within the Scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the door securing device in elevation, a portion of the door being illustrated Figure 2 is an edge view of the lower portion of the device and door, showing also the device to be attached to the wall, which appears in section; Figures 3, ll, 5, are views in elevation and vertical section; Figure 6 shows a stationary I element to be engaged by the device on the door, said element being embedded in cement or the like; Figure 7 is an elevation of the device employed as a shutter fastener; Figure 8 is a vertical section of this fastener; Figures 9 and 10 are detail views of the stationary engaging element of Figure 6; Figure 11 is a horizontal section through the casing 10 of Figures 2 to 5, and showing a receptacle 19 formed with guide 19 through which slide 2O operates.

The housing is preferably formed of one piece of metal, the central portion 10 having a slot 11 therein, and the sides 12 and 13 merging into the outwardly extending flanges 14C and 15, by means of which the housing may be secured to the door. The fianges are provided with apertures for the accommodation of screws 16. The ends 17 and 18 are continuous with the central por-A tion 10,v and are bent at right angles therewith,V forming a substantially rectangular box or housing. -r

A guiding and retaining device 19l is secured to the underside of the element 10, and a slide 20 operates in this guide, and has one end formed into a hook21 extending through slot 11. The other end of the slide is deflected to form a member 22 which normally engages the wall of the housingv next adjacent'tliereto. i i

Mounted on the guiding element 19, or formed therewith, is a cup or receptacle 19 for the coiled spring 24, this spring having one end engaging the adjacent end portion of the slide 20, and acting to move the slide upwardly, so that the hook' will be in engaging position.

Connected with the end portion 22 of the slide is a stem 27 passing through an aperture in the end wall of the housing and having connection with the operating rod 28, one end of which is deflected and carries a handle 29. The rod just referred to is inclosed by a guard member, or the like, designated 30, and including a central channel member and outwardly extending flanges. The device is also secured to the door, one end abutting the housing. Y Y

An engaging device to be secured to the floor, or wall board is designated 32, being of vU-form and being carried upon a base 33 provided with screw holes. The staple-like member 32 is engaged by a hook 21 before referred to, and securely holds the door in open position. Upon imparting a down` ward movement to the handle, by pressure of the foot, or hand, the hook .is released.

.Another form of device for engagement by the hook, is shown in Figure 6, and is designed especially for use where a door opens outwardly, and where the device is to be embedded in concrete. This device includes the bracket 36 having a transverse member 37 extending between .the spaced prongs 38, this element 37 being positioned horizontally for engagement by the hook carried by the structure secured to the door. The stem 39 connected with the bracket may be embedded in cement or the like.

In order to secure a window shutter, the staple member 32 should be attached to the outer wall of the building, near the window frame, and in position for engagement by the hook L10, corresponding with the hook 21 before referred to. The housing 10 is mortised into the shutter, and the hook 40 is carried by a plate 4l having a right angled extension forming an operating mem ber 42. This element last named projects through an opening 43 in the shutter, and through an apertured plate 44 secured to the inner side of the shutter. The plate has an outwardly extending portion 45, deflected to permit of easy engagement by the fingers, so that the shutter may be drawn inwardly when released. l

Plate 41 opera-tes in the housing in the same manner as slide 20 of the irst form, and the spring 46 corresponds with spring 24, and is similarly mounted. Elements 28 and 30 are not required for the shutter.

Having thus described the invention, l claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a housing having a slot therein, aV guide Within the housing, a slide including a hook projecting through the slot and including an olfset end portion abutting one Wall of the housing, the slide operating in the guide,

a spring receptacle urred by the slide. :l spring therein and engaging the oll'set end of the slide, an element secured to the oll'set membe' und extending beyond the wall of the housing, an operating element secured to the element extending through the housing, and means positioned for engagement'y by the hook.

2. In a device of the class described, n housing having a slot therein, a guide within the housing, the slide including u hook portion projecting through the slot and including a laterally extending portion abutting one wall of the housing, said slide op erating in the guide, a spring receptacle carried by the slide, a spring within the receptacle, engaging the laterally extending portion, and a device for engagement by the hook and adapted to be released by said hook by pressure on the. laterally extending portion of the slide.

In testimony whereof I alix my signuture.

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